Brant Rock flooding leads to two rescues

Thursday

UPDATE 12:25 p.m. - The individual trapped in his car on Dyke Road has been removed from his vehicle.

Local authorities and the National Guard were responding to two emergency situations in the Brant Rock area ahead of high tide Thursday, Jan. 4.

In the first emergency, a mother and multiple children were evacuated from the Haddad’s parking lot. The mother had crashed her vehicle while evacuating the Esplanade, and she and her passengers left the car to get to safety.

Police on their scanner also reported a car on Dyke Road with an individual inside surround by over two feet of water, who was still in his car as of noon.

“We haven’t seen this in five years,” one of the officers reported. “It’s quite substantial.”

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